Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 21
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
1905 On October - 21 jose Teodor Vilar, composer, dies at 69
1906 On October - 21 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55
1916 Death of Karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated on this day in history.
1919 Sven August Korling, composer, dies at 77 on October - 21.
1924 On October - 21 martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 76
1929 On October - 21 owen Dunell, cricketer (two Tests for South Africa in 1889), dies
1931 A Schnitzler, writer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1937 On this day in history death of betty Carver, wife of Bernard Montgomery, buried
1939 On this day in history nummy Deane, cricketer (628 runs in 17 Tests for South Africa), dies
1940 On this day in history death of william G. Conley, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
1943 On October - 21 alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II), dies
1944 Death of Alois Kayser, German missionary to Nauru (b. 1877) on this day in history.
1955 Roy Minnett, cricketer (Australian all-rounder prior to WW I), dies on this day in history.
1961 On October - 21 nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies
1963 On this day in history george B Cressey, US geographer (Crossroads), dies at 66
1965 On October - 21 bill Black, rocker, dies at 39
1966 On October - 21 gertrude Hoffman, actress (Mrs Odetts-My Little Margie), dies at 95
1967 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist, dies at 94 on October - 21.
1969 Jack Kerouac, US writer (Doctor Sax, On the Road), dies at 47 on this day in history.
1970 On October - 21 john T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70
1971 On this day in history etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner (Oly-bronze-48), dies at 48
1973 Death of Arabi El Goni, VP/Chad parliament, murdered on this day in history.
1975 Death of Charles Reidpath, American athlete (b. 1887) on this day in history.
1977 Ferit Tuzun, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.
1978 On this day in history anastas I Mikojan, Russian politician, dies at 83
1980 Death of Hans Asperger, Austrian psychologist (b. 1906) on October - 21.
1983 On October - 21 theodorus H J Zwartkruis, Bishop (Haarlem), dies
1984 On this day in history dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer, dies at 78
1986 On October - 21 death of lionel Murphy, Australian politician and judge (b. 1922)
1987 Ying-Chin Ho, Taiwan govt official, dies at 88 on October - 21.
1989 On October - 21 death of jean Image, Hungarian-born French animator (b. 1910)
1992 Jackson Weaver, voice of Smokey the Bear, dies of diabetes on this day in history.
1993 Death of Assad Saftawi, Palestinian co-founder of al-Fatah, murdered at 58 on October - 21.
1994 Edward Moss Hutchinson, educationalist, dies at 85 on this day in history.
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